After splitting their first two thrilling bouts and fighting each other again for the first time in five years, Sam Stout took the rubber match and edged veteran lightweight Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision.

The fight took place at UFC on FX 4 at Revel Atlantic City in New Jersey. It served as the co-main event on FX following prelims on FUEL TV and Facebook.

Stout narrowly won their first meeting via split decision at UFC 58 in 2006, but Fisher got his revenge a year later at UFC Fight Night 10. In the buildup to the historic UFC 100 card in 2009, both bouts were named among the best in the organization’s history.

As expected the fighters quickly traded punches in their final meeting, though Stout proved a bit quicker to the punch. He then shot on Fisher and scored a takedown and unloaded some ground and pound. Fisher fended off a subsequent takedown attempt, but the round was Stout’s.

Fisher stuffed a takedown attempt in the second round and landed some solid straight punches and left hooks. Stout mixed in body shots and kicks, and then scored a takedown and unleashed some ground and pound in the final minute of the round.

Although worn down, bruised and bloodied, both fighters came out strong in the final round of their trilogy while exchanging blows. Both continually pushed forward, which provided for a steady stream of action. Stout, though, got a takedown midway through the round and maintained the position most of the remainder of the fight. Fittingly, though, the fight ended with a firefight.

While the bout was void of the theatrics and awe-inducing exchanges of the first two meetings, it nonetheless proved an entertaining affair.

But in the end, Stout earned the unanimous-decision victory via 30-27 scores.

Stout (19-7-1 MMA, 7-6 UFC) pushes his UFC record above .500 with his third win in four fights. Fisher (25-9 MMA, 9-8 UFC), who hinted prior to the event that this could be his final fight, has now lost five of six.

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